The whole reason for the selfsufficientish website was to offer a place where anyone can ask, HOW DO I...? So who knows why it has taken us so long to have a HOW DO I? section, but here it is. So if you want to know how to do anything selfsufficientish then here is the place to ask.

Yes, Keith is right. The "Quick links" tab is over on the left in the top bar, in case you missed it.
Also if you're not getting email notifications when a thread that you've posted in is updated, you can set that up in your personal "User control panel"
Click your name over on the extreme right of the top bar, then select "Board preferences" and then "Edit notification options"
There are quite a few options there to make life simpler.